Identify common characteristics in an assessment of a child with a truncus arteriosus heart defect. Select all that apply
1. Cyanosis
2. Narrow pulse pressures
3. Grunting and retractions while breathing
4. Diaphoresis
5. Bradycardic
1, 3, 4
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1. Cyanosis is present because of an incompetent truncal valve.
2. Pulse pressures widen with the disorder.
3. These reactions are present because of the lack of blood being oxygenated and the vascular resistance on the vessel going over the right and left ventricles.
4. Diaphoresis is present because of the increased workload on the heart and also due to vascular resistance.
5. The heart rate is usually within normal limits.
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